Graciela S.SAlarconMDMPH, MACR

Jane Knight Lowe Chair of Medicine in Rheumatology, Emeritus The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birminghma, AL 35294 Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

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Office
1 Lakeside Dr
Apt 1602
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone(205) 422-0983
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Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1969 - 1972
Cayetano Heredia UniversityClass of 1967

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Clinician Investigator Award American College of Rheumatology, 2014
Dr. Honoris Causa Universidad Nacional de Asuncion, Paraguay, 2013
Evelyn Hess Award for Excellence in Lupus Research Lupus Foundation of America, 2011

Clinical Trials

International Prospective Study on Adherence to Treatment in Patients With Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 01Danowski, A.,Clarke, A.,Mackinnon, A.,Fessler, B.,Isenberg, D.,Hachulla, E.,Houssiau, F.,Alarçon, G.,Ruiz-Irastorza, G.,Piette, J.,Viallard, J.,Buyon, J.,Lightstone, L.,Guillevin, L.,Mouthon, L.,Petri, M....

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Remission and low disease activity state (LDAS) are protective of intermediate and long-term outcomes in SLE patients. Results from LUMINA (LXXVIII), a multiethnic, mu...
Alarcón, G. S.,Ugarte-Gil, M. F.,Pons-Estel, G.,Vilá, L. M.,Reveille, J. D.,McGwin, G.> ;Lupus. 2019 Jan 27
A 12-year retrospective review of bullous systemic lupus erythematosus in cutaneous and systemic lupus erythematosus patients.
Pons-Estel, G. J.,Quintana, R.,Alarcón, G. S.,Sacnún, M.,Ugarte-Gil, M. F.,Pons-Estel, B. A.> ;Lupus. 2018 May 17
Circulating CD4+CD28null and extra-thymic CD4+CD8+ double positive T cells are independently associated with disease damage in systemic lupus erythematosus patients.
Ugarte-Gil, M. F.,Sánchez-Zúñiga, C.,Gamboa-Cárdenas, R. V.,Aliaga-Zamudio, M.,Zevallos, F.,Tineo-Pozo, G.,Cucho-Venegas, J. M.,Mosqueira-Riveros, A.,Medina, M.,Perich...> ;Lupus. 2015 Sep 20
Genetic association of CD247 (CD3ζ) with SLE in a large-scale multiethnic study.
Martins, M.,Williams, A. H.,Comeau, M.,Marion, M.,Ziegler, J. T.,Freedman, B. I.,Merrill, J. T.,Glenn, S. B.,Kelly, J. A.,Sivils, K. M.,James, J. A.,Guthridge, J. M.,A...> ;Genes Immun.. 2015 Jan 09
Lupus in Latin-American patients: lessons from the GLADEL cohort.
Pons-Estel, G. J.,Catoggio, L. J.,Cardiel, M. H.,Bonfa, E.,Caeiro, F.,Sato, E.,Massardo, L.,Molina-Restrepo, J. F.,Toledano, M. G.,Barile-Fabris, L. A.,Amigo, M. C.,Ac...> ;Lupus. 2015 Feb 24
54 citations
Anti-C1q Antibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Ana Maria Orbai, Lennart Truedsson, Gunnar Sturfelt, Ola Nived, Hong Fang, Graciela S. Alarcón, Caroline Gordon, Joan T. Merrill, Paul R. Fortin, Ian N. Bruce, DA Isen...> ;Lupus. 2015 Jan 1
Late-onset systemic lupus erythematosus in Latin Americans: a distinct subgroup?
Catoggio, L. J.,Soriano, E. R.,Imamura, P. M.,Wojdyla, D.,Jacobelli, S.,Massardo, L.,Chacón Díaz, R.,Guibert-Toledano, M.,Alvarellos, A.,Saurit, V.,Manni, J. A.,Pascua...> ;Lupus. 2014 Dec 17
Development and validation of the lupus impact tracker: a patient-completed tool for clinical practice to assess and monitor the impact of systemic lupus erythematosus.
Jolly, M.,Garris, C. P.,Mikolaitis, R. A.,Jhingran, P. M.,Dennis, G.,Wallace, D. J.,Clarke, A.,Dooley, M. A.,Parke, A.,Strand, V.,Alárcon, G. S.,Kosinski, M.> ;Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2014 Apr 24
Preferential association of a functional variant in complement receptor 2 with antibodies to double-stranded DNA.
Zhao, J.,Giles, B. M.,Taylor, R. L.,Yette, G. A.,Lough, K. M.,Ng, H. L.,Abraham, L. J.,Wu, H.,Kelly, J. A.,Glenn, S. B.,Adler, A. J.,Williams, A. H.,Comeau, M. E.,Zieg...> ;Ann. Rheum. Dis.. 2014 Sep 03
The IRF5-TNPO3 association with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has two components that other autoimmune disorders variably share.
Kottyan, L. C.,Zoller, E. E.,Bene, J.,Lu, X.,Kelly, J. A.,Rupert, A. M.,Lessard, C. J.,Vaughn, S. E.,Marion, M.,Weirauch, M. T.,Namjou, B.,Adler, A.,Rasmussen, A.,Glen...> ;Hum. Mol. Genet.. 2014 Sep 11
Impact of Race and Ethnicity in the Course and Outcome of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
González, L. A.,Toloza, S. M.,Alarcón, G. S.> ;Rheum. Dis. Clin. North Am.. 2014 Jul 19
Brief Report: A Polymorphism in TLR2 Is Associated With Arterial Thrombosis in a Multiethnic Population of Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
Kaiser, R.,Tang, L. F.,Taylor, K. E.,Sterba, K.,Nititham, J.,Brown, E. E.,Edberg, J. C.,McGwin, G.,Alarcón, G. S.,Ramsey-Goldman, R.,Reveille, J. D.,Vilá, L. M.,Petri,...> ;2014 Mar 01
Fcγ Receptor IIIa Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Haplotypes Affect Human IgG Binding and Are Associated With Lupus Nephritis in African Americans.
Dong, C.,Ptacek, T. S.,Redden, D. T.,Zhang, K.,Brown, E. E.,Edberg, J. C.,McGwin, G.,Alarcón, G. S.,Ramsey-Goldman, R.,Reveille, J. D.,Vilá, L. M.,Petri, M.,Qin, A.,Wu...> ;2014 May 02
Factors associated with damage accrual in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: results from the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) Incep...
Bruce, I. N.,O'Keeffe, A. G.,Farewell, V.,Hanly, J. G.,Manzi, S.,Su, L.,Gladman, D. D.,Bae, S. C.,Sanchez-Guerrero, J.,Romero-Diaz, J.,Gordon, C.,Wallace, D. J.,Clarke...> ;Ann. Rheum. Dis.. 2014 May 20
American College of Rheumatology Criteria at Inception, and Accrual over 5 Years in the SLICC Inception Cohort.
Urowitz, M. B.,Gladman, D. D.,Ibañez, D.,Sanchez-Guerrero, J.,Romero-Diaz, J.,Gordon, C.,Bae, S. C.,Clarke, A. E.,Bernatsky, S.,Fortin, P. R.,Hanly, J. G.,Isenberg, D....> ;J. Rheumatol.. 2014 Apr 03
Primary cardiac disease in systemic lupus erythematosus patients: protective and risk factors--data from a multi-ethnic Latin American cohort.
García, M. A.,Alarcón, G. S.,Boggio, G.,Hachuel, L.,Marcos, A. I.,Marcos, J. C.,Gentiletti, S.,Caeiro, F.,Sato, E. I.,Borba, E. F.,Brenol, J. C.,Massardo, L.,Molina-Re...> ;Rheumatology (Oxford). 2014 Mar 19
The PANLAR Rheumatology Prize for Latin American Rheumatologists: An Incentive for Rheumatologists Entering the Field: A 5-Year Report.
Alarcón, G. S.> ;J Clin Rheumatol. 2014 Feb 25
Systemic lupus erythematosus: a therapeutic challenge for the XXI century.
Ugarte-Gil, M. F.,Alarcón, G. S.> ;Clin. Rheumatol.. 2014 Mar 01
End-Stage Renal Disease in African Americans With Lupus Nephritis Is Associated With APOL1.
Freedman, B. I.,Langefeld, C. D.,Andringa, K. K.,Croker, J. A.,Williams, A. H.,Garner, N. E.,Birmingham, D. J.,Hebert, L. A.,Hicks, P. J.,Segal, M. S.,Edberg, J. C.,Br...> ;2014 Feb 08
The number of flares patients experience impacts on damage accrual in systemic lupus erythematosus: data from a multiethnic Latin American cohort.
Ugarte-Gil, M. F.,Acevedo-Vásquez, E.,Alarcón, G. S.,Pastor-Asurza, C. A.,Alfaro-Lozano, J. L.,Cucho-Venegas, J. M.,Segami, M. I.,Wojdyla, D.,Soriano, E. R.,Drenkard, ...> ;Ann. Rheum. Dis.. 2014 Feb 15
Effects of statins on proinflammatory/prothrombotic biomarkers and on disease activity scores in SLE patients: data from LUMINA (LXXVI), a multi-ethnic US cohort.
Willis, R.,Seif, A. M.,McGwin Jr, G.,Martinez-Martinez, L. A.,Gonzalez, E. B.,Doan, E.,Dang, N.,Papalardo, E.,Liu, J.,Vilá, L. M.,Reveille, J. D.,Alarcón, G. S.,Pieran...> ;Clin. Exp. Rheumatol.. 2014 Feb 01
Erythropoiesis-stimulating Agent Use among Patients with Lupus Nephritis Approaching End-stage Renal Disease.
Gómez-Puerta, J. A.,Waikar, S. S.,Solomon, D. H.,Liu, J.,Alarcón, G. S.,Winkelmayer, W. C.,Costenbader, K. H.> ;J Clin Cell Immunol. 2014 Mar 29
Allelic-dependent expression of an activating fc receptor on B cells enhances humoral immune responses.
Li, X.,Wu, J.,Ptacek, T.,Redden, D. T.,Brown, E. E.,Alarcón, G. S.,Ramsey-Goldman, R.,Petri, M. A.,Reveille, J. D.,Kaslow, R. A.,Kimberly, R. P.,Edberg, J. C.> ;Sci Transl Med. 2013 Dec 20
FcγRIIIa SNPs and haplotypes affect human IgG binding and association with lupus nephritis in African Americans.
Dong, C.,Ptacek, T. S.,Redden, D. T.,Zhang, K.,Brown, E. E.,Edberg, J. C.,McGwin, G.,Alarcón, G. S.,Ramsey-Goldman, R.,Reveille, J. D.,Vilá, L. M.,Petri, M.,Qin, A.,Wu...> ;Arthritis Rheum.. 2014 Jan 01
Ethnicity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): its influence on susceptibility and outcomes.
González, L. A.,Toloza, S. M.,McGwin, G.,Alarcón, G. S.> ;Lupus. 2013 Oct 08
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Grant Support

Effect Of Systemic Lupus Erythmatosus In MinoritiesNational Center For Research Resources2004–2007
ACR Re-Classification Of SLE Criteria (AROSE) Orig Grant Revision Of ACR ClassifNational Center For Research Resources2006
Outcome Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus In MinoritiesNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases1998–2004
Modifiable Risk Factors For Adverse Outcomes In SLENational Center For Research Resources1999–2002
Outcome Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus In Minorities--Nature VS NurtureNational Center For Research Resources1997–2002
Genetic Risk Profile In Longitudinal SLE CohortsNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases1998–2001
Outcome Of SLE In Minorities--Nature VS NurtureNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases1993–1997
Outcome Of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus In Minorities--Nature VA NurtureNational Center For Research Resources1996
Outcome Of SLE In Minorities--Nature VA NurtureNational Center For Research Resources1995
Minocycline In Rheumatoid Arthritis (MIRA)National Center For Research Resources1993

Professional Memberships

American College of Radiology - ACR
Master Member